Laure Prouvost: WE FELT A STAR DYING

Artist Laure Prouvost's large-scale art commission explores quantum phenomena and their sensitivity to cosmic and planetary forces.

2025 marks a century since quantum physics became established, and today its applications are predicted to enact a paradigm shift in our world. Following two years of research and rare access to a quantum computer, Laure Prouvost presents a multi-sensory new work with LAS.

The commission begins with the question: “How could we sense reality from a quantum perspective?” Prouvost draws video, sound, scent, sculpture and scenography together into a fluid installation tuned to the highly sensitive and unpredictable characteristics of quantum computers. It merges Prouvost’s playful ways of shifting audience perception with the counterintuitive logic of quantum physics, aiming to bring audiences into the emerging world of quantum technologies.

The project grows out of the artist’s conversations with philosopher Tobias Rees and scientist Hartmut Neven. The collaboration allowed Laure Prouvost to access a quantum computer, and to experiment with a new AI model trained on data recorded from quantum computations. The results can be experienced in the artwork’s video and sound. Presented in the industrial space of Kraftwerk Berlin, a former power plant, the commission opens a dynamic reflection on technological development today.

Laure Prouvost’s new commission launches LAS Art Foundation’s Quantum programme, which includes further installations, a public symposium and publication, and runs through to 2026.

The installation is open from 21 February to 4 May 2025, Tuesday to Sunday.